Gilroy Garlic Festival - traffic ?

Will it cause huge traffic jams over Pacheco Pass or on Hwy 101 Friday night? We need to get to and from Los Banos to Palo Alto for a dinner, and are from out of state, and so don't know what to expect. Would it be better to go up to the 580 (it is pretty far north, but might be worth it to avoid impossibly slow traffic in and around the Gilroy intersections) Thanks for your advice

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